Lily King

About this episode

Lily King discusses her writing journey and influences, including her novels and the concept of a 'writer's writer'.

Next up is Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and coming in the fall, Heart the Lover. Pre-order today! The three start talking about the expression “writers’ writer” and who they would describe as a “writer’s writer”, and then they continue with Lily’s writing and reading origin stories. They spend time on Margaret Mead, anthropology, a writer’s process, golf, and love in all its forms. Don’t miss this thoughtful conve...

People in this episode

Hosts: Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books

Guest: Lily King

Topics covered

• writing process
• anthropology
• love
• literature
• author interviews

Keywords

• Lily King
• Euphoria
• Writers & Lovers
• Heart the Lover
• writing process
• Margaret Mead
• anthropology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Euphoria, Writers & Lovers, Heart the Lover

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